Andy Murray gets his Cincinnati Masters title defence on course

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Andy Murray began his bid to win back-to-back Masters Series titles last night with a hard-fought 7-6, 6-2 victory over Nicol?s Almagro, the world No 33 from Spain, in the second round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. The world No 2 and defending champion had to save a set point at 6-5 down in the first set, but won the tie-break 7-3 and then broke twice in the second set on his way to victory and a meeting with Radek Stepanek, of the Czech Republic.